UFC light heavyweight contender Jamahal Hill feels Dana White shouldn’t bear all of the responsibility for his altercation with his wife. Video was released this week by TMZ of White and his wife getting into an altercation at a Cabo San Lucas ni…
UFC light heavyweight contender Jamahal Hill feels Dana White shouldn’t bear all of the responsibility for his altercation with his wife. Video was released this week by TMZ of White and his wife getting into an altercation at a Cabo San Lucas nightclub on New Year’s Eve. Tensions turned from verbal to physical, with both…
Former UFC Light Heavyweight Championship challenger Anthony Smith is currently training with Jamahal Hill. Hill will face former champion Glover Teixeira for the vacant light heavyweight gold at UFC 283 later this month. The light heavyweight division…
Former UFC Light Heavyweight Championship challenger Anthony Smith is currently training with Jamahal Hill. Hill will face former champion Glover Teixeira for the vacant light heavyweight gold at UFC 283 later this month. The light heavyweight division has been in chaos ever since Ji?í Procházka opted to vacate the title due to a severe shoulder…
Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Ji?í Procházka has weighed in on the upcoming title bout between Glover Teixeira and Jamahal Hill. Ji?í Procházka was initially booked to defend his title against former champion Teixeira at UFC 282. Due to a sever…
Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Ji?í Procházka has weighed in on the upcoming title bout between Glover Teixeira and Jamahal Hill. Ji?í Procházka was initially booked to defend his title against former champion Teixeira at UFC 282. Due to a severe shoulder injury sustained in training, the Czech star was forced to vacate his title….
Ahead of his UFC 283 main event with Glover Teixeira, Jamahal Hill has shed some light on what scares him. “Sweet Dreams” is currently preparing for the biggest fight of his career with former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Teixeira. The bo…
Ahead of his UFC 283 main event with Glover Teixeira, Jamahal Hill has shed some light on what scares him. “Sweet Dreams” is currently preparing for the biggest fight of his career with former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Teixeira. The bout is for the vacant UFC Light Heavyweight Championship following the controversial draw between Jan…
One-time UFC light heavyweight championship challenger, Anthony Smith has revealed he plans to travel to Brazil in January and serve as the official backup fighter to the UFC 283 vacant light heavyweight title fight featuring former foe, Glover Teixeira, and once-scheduled opponent, Jamahal Hill. Smith, who is currently ranked as the #6 light heavyweight contender […]
One-time UFC light heavyweight championship challenger, Anthony Smith has revealed he plans to travel to Brazil in January and serve as the official backup fighter to the UFC 283 vacant light heavyweight title fight featuring former foe, Glover Teixeira, and once-scheduled opponent, Jamahal Hill.
Smith, who is currently ranked as the #6 light heavyweight contender under the banner of the promotion, was scheduled to headline a UFC Fight Night event against incoming title challenger, Hill in March of next year, however, saw the matchup fall to the wayside.
Following this month’s UFC 282 title fight between former champion, Jan Blachowicz, and Magomed Ankalaev – which ended in a split decision draw, leaving no light heavyweight champion, the UFC elected to book another vacant fight for UFC 283 in January, featuring Teixeira, and the aforenoted, Hill.
Anthony Smith offers his services as a backup fighter for UFC 283
Losing his scheduled return fight with the Dana White’s Contender Series alum, Anthony Smith has now revealed he plans to travel to Rio de Janeiro for the January 23. pay-per-view event, in the hope of serving as an official backup.
“I am. I’m going to fly to Brazil,” Anthony Smith said on the ESPN desk during the UFC Vegas 66 broadcast. “I’m going to weigh in at 205 pounds. I don’t suspect that these guys (Glover Teixeira and Jamahal Hill) are gonna have problems, they’re both professionals, but if something does happen, I’ll be there to step in.”
Last featuring at UFC 277 back in July, Nebraska native, Smith suffered a second round knockout loss to Ankalaev, suffering an ankle injury to boot. The loss snapped a run of three consecutive finishes for Smith, who defeated Devin Clark, Jimmy Crute, and Ryan Spann.
Featuring in the main event of a UFC Fight Night Jacksonville event against former undisputed champion, Teixeira back in May 2020, Smith dropped an eventual fifth round ground strikes TKO loss to the Minas Gerais favorite.
Competing for undisputed light heavyweight gold back in March 2019 against Jon Jones, Smith suffering a unanimous decision loss to the former pound-for-pound number one over the course of five rounds.
Former UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen believes he’s identified a good option for Anthony Smith following his loss of a fight against Jamahal Hill. When he arrived at the T-Mobile Arena this past Saturday to complete analyst duties at the ESPN …
Former UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen believes he’s identified a good option for Anthony Smith following his loss of a fight against Jamahal Hill. When he arrived at the T-Mobile Arena this past Saturday to complete analyst duties at the ESPN desk for UFC 282, it’s safe to say that Smith likely wasn’t expecting proceedings…